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The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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    “One time a man cut a tree down in a rath. The next day he went to get it with a car but the tree was standing again.”

    CBÉS 0862

    George Mc Cullagh

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    “One time two men were coming home late at night and they saw a light coming up out of a graveyard. It came to where they were and one of them got a stick to hit it and the other man told him not to hit it but he did and nothing happened to the light.”

    CBÉS 0862

    George Mc Cullagh

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    “One time three men were walking and one night they went to a house to stay for the night. They went to bed and in the middle of the night they were out of the bed.”

    CBÉS 0862

    George Mc Cullagh

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    “One time Paddy Tobain was going home from his work in Cliften. He was looking towards Park graveyard and he saw a light going up out of Park graveyard.”

    CBÉS 0863

    George Mc Cullagh

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    “One time a man, named Tom Byrne was working for a man named Jim Welsh and Jim Welsh told him to cut a small tree. Tom Byrne cut the tree and the boss went up to it in the evening but it was growing.”

    CBÉS 0863

    George Mc Cullagh

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    “Once in Carlow a woman died and she was from Tiperary. She was dead for six months and she appeared to a man named Murphy.”

    CBÉS 0863

    George Mc Cullagh

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  7. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 1008

    George Mc Cullagh

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  8. Bird-Lore

    CBÉS 1008

    George Mc Cullagh

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  9. Local Roads

    CBÉS 1008

    George Mc Cullagh

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  10. The Care of the Feet

    CBÉS 1008

    George Mc Cullagh

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